By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,400. [Listed as 'Armenian Apostolic Church of Amer Eastern Prelacy.' Apparently this org. is part of the larger 'Armenian Apostolic Church of America, but only the 'Eastern Prelacy' reported figures in this study.]

"Although the first Baptist church in the colonies was founded in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1639, Philadelphia became the center of Baptist life during the colonial era. "

Baptist

Rhode Island

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2units

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1639

Stuber, Stanley I. How We Got Our Denominations: A Primer on Church History. New York: Association Press Revised Ed., 1959), pg. 191.

"There is a question in regard to the establishment of the first Baptist church in America. The honor very probably falls upon the church at Providence, Rhode Island, established by Roger Williams, in 1639, although the First Baptist Church of Newport, Rhode Island, claims this title, being founded in the same year by John Clarke. "

"Baptists... Roger Williams... sailed to America in 1631 to get away from the state-sponsored religion in England... Finally, Williams settled in Rhode Island and declared that in this colony people would be allowed to choose their own religion. His was the first Baptist church in America... Illustration: First Baptist church, built in 1774 in Providence, Rhode Island... "

"As expected, Rhode Island is the most Baptist of colonies, but it wasn't very Baptist. Given that only half of its churches were Baptist, and that only 20% of Rhode Islanders were churches, only about one person in ten would have been a Baptist. "

Table A.2: "Denominational Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 "; "The adherence rates were estimated from Bureau of the Census (1854) reports on the number of churches, the seating capacity of churches & the value of church property. "

"If we examine the regional and ethnic dispersion of American Catholics in 1860, we find that Rhode Island was the most Catholic state. The Irish, and the Italians were no doubt a major component of the 21.4 percent of Rhode Islanders who were Catholic. "

"In 1890, the impact of Hispanics on Catholic membership showed up clearly in New Mexico, where 77% [of the total population] were Catholic, and Arizona where 37.5% were Catholic. Then came Rhode Island (33%), Massachusetts (32.3%), and Minnesota (24.5%). "

Table: "No. 87: Christian Church Adherents, 1990 "; "Christian church adherents were defined as 'all members, including full members, their children and the est. number of other regular participants who are not considered as communicant, confirmed or full members.' "

Christianity - affiliated

Rhode Island

710,000

75.00%

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1993

Krantz, Les & Jim McCormick. The Peoplepedia: The Ultimate Reference on the American People, Henry Holt and Company: New York (1996), pg. 188.

Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Based on self-identification, using 113,000-person sample, phone interviews conducted by City U. of New York. Table has data for "Latter Day Saints, " meaning all LDS denominations. But U.S. splinter LDS (outside the main SLC-based church) number only about 125,000, primarily RLDS. 125,000 / 2,487,000 (Kosmin U.S. total LDS) = 5%. Multiply state LDS totals by 95% to get Ch. of Jesus Christ of LDS estimates.

Table A.2: "Denominational Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 "; "The adherence rates were estimated from Bureau of the Census (1854) reports on the number of churches, the seating capacity of churches & the value of church property. "

Stuber, Stanley I. How We Got Our Denominations: A Primer on Church History. New York: Association Press Revised Ed., 1959), pg. 155.

"The first Episcopal Church in New England was King's Chapel in Boston, opened in 1689. During 1698 a church was established at Newport, Rhode Island, and also the Trinity Church in New York City was consecrated the same year. "

Table A.2: "Denominational Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 "; "The adherence rates were estimated from Bureau of the Census (1854) reports on the number of churches, the seating capacity of churches & the value of church property. "

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